The engine label looks for a package.json file and reads the engines field to determine compatible Node.js.

if no version file found, look for engine as below.

Used by multiple tools: node-version-usage There is an auto label to read the target version from a file in the current directory, or any parent directory.

latest, current: newest official release.

lts: newest Long Term Support official release.

There are labels for two especially useful versions: Numeric version numbers can be complete or incomplete, with an optional leading v.

Most commands use the latest matching version, and n ls-remote lists multiple matching versions. There are a variety of ways of specifying the target Node.js version for n commands. If the active node version does not change after install, try opening a new shell in case seeing a stale version. (You can also use j and k to select next or previous version instead of using arrows, or ctrl+n and ctrl+p.) Use up/down arrow keys to select a version, return key to install, d to delete, q to quit

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